For almost 10 years,
Newport on the Levee has
been a hot spot in the Greater
Cincinnati area, bringing
thousands of locals and
tourists to Newport’s riverfront.
In September, the
entertainment and dining hub,
which is continuing to see
success, will celebrate its 10year anniversary.
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New emergency
sirens installed

While new outdoor alerting
devices are being installed in
Wilder and Fort Thomas,
officials are looking for funds
to replace more outdated
sirens throughout Campbell
County.
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Incentives for
summer learning

At Campbell County
Schools’ Camp Compass in
Alexandria the learning
happens on the computer at
home, and the fun happens at
school where students redeem
time spent studying for prizes.
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ALEXANDRIA - Council members did not express any support at
the July 21 meeting for setting the
city’s tax rate for the year any higher than it has been for many years.
City Attorney Mike Duncan said
council was entitled by law to
take the “compensating rate”
to gain 4 percent
more
revenue
than the previous
year. The city is
entitled to do this
Rachford
without
being
subject to any
potential voter recall.
The proposal to set the tax rate
at $1.78 per $1,000 of real property for 2011-2012 is less than the
compensating rate of $1.83 per
$1,000 that the city is eligible to
take, Duncan said.
The proposed tax rate is the
same one in place last year, he said.
“This tax rate is calculated to
generate about the same amount
that was in the budget,” he said of
the proposed rate.
Council member Barbara Weber
said she wanted to know if the
computation took into account foreclosures in the city.
Weber said her concern was that
property tax receipts might decrease
if foreclosures in the city weren’t
part of the estimate process.
Duncan said the estimate took
into account all the money that was
received last year. It also considered
changes in property values because
of reassessment, he added.
No member of council spoke up
when Duncan asked if they had
any desire to go with the higher
compensating tax rate. The proposed tax rate is scheduled for a
vote at the 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
4, meeting.
Mayor Bill Rachford said he didn’t want to increase the tax rate to
the compensating rate despite having to cut the budget at the last
minute in June.
Revenue remains an issue, but
the difference in the two rates is less
than $20,000, Rachford said.
“The closer we can keep it to
where it is now, the better off we’ll
be,” Rachford said.

On the tour

CHRIS MAYHEW/STAFF

From left, Nathan Bezold, 10, and Matthew Dischar, 12, both of California, talk as they show visitors on the Campbell County Backroads
Farm Tour the cattle operations at Bezold Beef Farm on Fisher Road in California Saturday, July 23.

Sale of condemned building
is now considered possible
By Chris Mayhew
cmayhew@nky.com

ALEXANDRIA - The owner of
a building condemned by the city
on East Main Street has communicated with the city for the first
time in more than a year, expressing an intent to sell the property
rather than have it demolished.
The city’s building inspector
condemned the building Feb. 7 of
this year. The city, citing a safety
hazard, had previously boarded
up front windows that were broken out and left unattended in
August 2010.
More than $3,700 in $75-aday code violation fines have also
been levied by the city against the
property.
The city’s attorney has recently
spoken with Edward C. Schumann, owner of the property at
8339 E. Main St., about having
the building appraised with the
idea of selling it, said Mayor Bill
Rachford.
“Mr. Schumann has been in
touch with some folks who have
expressed some interest in buying
the place,” Rachford said.
A phone call to Schumann July
19 was not immediately returned,
and previous phone messages and
letters to Schumann left by The
Alexandria Recorder about the
building have never been

CHRIS MAYHEW/STAFF

A June 2011 view of the back of the condemned building at 8339 E. Main St., Alexandria.
answered.
The city’s attorney, Mike Duncan, is familiar with the appraiser
selected by Schumann and is
waiting for the appraisal to happen, Rachford said.
The appraisal was scheduled to
happen about two weeks ago
when it was unexpectedly delayed
because of a medical emergency
for the appraiser, Rachford said.
The same appraiser is expected to
perform the appraisal soon, he
said.
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delay the building’s fate further,
Rachford said.
“I just don’t want him to continue to put it off and drag his feet
... and drag that process out for
five years,” Rachford said of
Schumann.
If the property can be sold to a
viable buyer who wants to use it,
that’s the preference, but it’s time
to stop dealing with the issue, he
said.
“I really don’t want to destroy
the building, but I will if I have
to,” Rachford said.

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July 28, 2011

Doctor to the needy is
leaving N. Ky. after 29 years

After 29 years of
providing health care
to the underinsured in
Campbell and Kenton
counties, Dr. Philip
Lichtenstein
has
accepted a position as
medical director at
Lichtenstein
Cincinnati Children’s
Home to help with children’s mental
health issues.
Lichtenstein, who practiced at
HealthPoint Family Care in Covington,
was fulfilling his dream of working
with people in need.
“I have always had a strong ethical
commitment to this group,” he said.
“This practice has open doors, which
allowed me to work with patients from
all socio-economic groups. They welcome everyone.”

Lichtenstein, who lives in Cincinnati, came to the area after earning a
bachelor’s degree at Harvard and
graduating from Vanderbilt Medical
School.
After completing his residency at
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center in the mid 1970s, he and his
wife decided to stay in the area.
Influenced by the work of medical
missionary Dr. Albert Schweitzer and
humanitarian Dr. Thomas Dooley,
Lichtenstein worked at providing help
for those with limited resources.
“This is part of my emotional philosophical make-up,’ he said. “I have
always been fascinated by the challenges posed by providing for a population who have nothing.”
Being in the same practice for so
many years has resulted in Lichten-

stein becoming very attached to his
patients.
“In pediatric practice there is a bond
that forms with families,” he said.
“Knowing children from birth to adulthood is a marvelous perspective to
have.”
For the past several years, Lichtenstein has been splitting his time with
the practice and working at Cincinnati
Children’s running its ADHD consultation clinic and training physicians on
treatment for the disorder.
Once Lichtenstein becomes medical
director at the Children’s Home of
Cincinnati, the two jobs will merge his
experience and research, still working
with children in need and teaching
others to work with them as well.

Kentucky considers redistricting
FRANKFORT – As state
legislators prepare plans for
Kentucky’s 38 Senate seats,
100 House seats and six
congressional districts, a
number of laws and practical factors must be considered, a national redistricting
expert said July 21.
Tim Storey, a senior fellow with the National Conference of State Legisla-

tures, spoke to members of
the Interim Joint Committee
on State Government. “This
is a redistricting primer or
Redistricting 101,” said
Senate Co-Chair Damon
Thayer, R-Georgetown.
Kentucky is one of nearly 40 states where lawmakers draw their own maps
rather than a commission or
other panel. “In some way it
does make sense for legislators to draw their districts,”
Storey said, because they
know their communities
best. The new lines must be
drawn before the filing
deadline for 2012 races on
Jan. 31, although the filing
deadline can be altered by

statute if new lines are not
ready by then.
Storey also cautioned
that although Jan. 31 is a
hard deadline, there are
other concerns as well.
“Local officials are paying
attention to this,” he said.
“It is a courtesy thing to
think about them.” Local
authorities are redrawing
their precinct boundaries as
part of this process.
Legal guidelines and
precedents are different for
state legislative and congressional districts, Storey
said. The state’s six U.S.
House districts must be
drawn as equal in population “as practicable,” and in

the last round of redistricting Kentucky’s districts varied by a single voter. Of the
13 states that have already
passed their plans this year,
10 followed that pattern in
order to head off lawsuits.
Arkansas, one of the
states that did not follow
such an exacting standard,
aims to not split counties
between districts, a plan
Kentucky follows for state
House and Senate seats
under case law. The federal
“one person, one vote”
principle has been interpreted by the courts to allow up
to 5 percent variation above
or below the ideal population.

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A new outdoor alerting device can be seen by the intersection of South Fort
Thomas Avenue and River Road.

While new outdoor alerting devices are being
installed in Wilder and Fort
Thomas, officials are looking for funds to replace
more
outdated
sirens
throughout Campbell County.
The sirens, installed in
Wilder at the city building
and in Fort Thomas at Rossford Park, Tower Park and
Highland Hills Park, were
made possible by a $85,000
grant from the Kentucky
Department of Homeland
Security.
Fort Thomas and Wilder
teamed up with the Campbell County office of Emergency Management to
apply for the grant earlier
this year, said Fort Thomas
fire Capt.Greg Schultz.
"The ones we had were
very outdated and we were
having issues with them,"
Schultz said. "They were so
old we couldn't even order
new parts for them."
Schultz said the new
sirens look very different
from the old ones, prompting several residents to call
the department asking what
they were while they were
being installed this week.
The new design offers
better technology than the
older ones, making it easier

for the department and city
to use them, Schultz said.
"These can be used to
alert people about a multitude of incidents, from
severe weather to hazardous spills," Schultz said.
"The biggest thing for residents to know is that when
they hear the siren, they
need to seek more information and seek shelter."
Schultz said unlike the
old sirens that needed to be
set off during testing, the
new sirens come with internal testing so they can be
checked without having to
set them off.
The sirens should be
completely up and running
in about four to six weeks,
Schultz said.
William Turner, director
of the emergency management office, said the newly
installed sirens in Fort
Thomas and Wilder are just
the beginning.
"We are working to apply
for another grant to replace
three more sirens in the
county," Turner said. "These
new models can do more
things and I think the citizens will be happy with
what they get."
If grant money is awarded, Turner said the plan is to
replace the sirens in A.J.
Jolly Park, the Silver Grove
Fire Department and the
Eastern
Campbell
Fire
Department.

Child care quality in
Northern Kentucky is on the
rise, according to new ratings
released last week.
The number of qualityrated centers in Northern
Kentucky has jumped by 11
percent based on licensed
child care centers who voluntarily applied for the industry’s rating system, called
Stars for Kids Now.
Of these centers, 66 percent are affiliated with the
United Way’s Success By 6
program, which is an early
childhood initiative that
works to ensure children
enter kindergarten with the
tools they need to succeed.
The 11 percent jump is
based on centers that
achieved the Star rating in
2010.The program started in
2008 because organizers
realized many local children
were not ready for school.
After doing research they
realized these children were
in child care centers, where
instruction was varied or

lacking. So the group targeted ways to coach, model,
train and support child care
teachers to get children on
track developmentally.
“Our number one priority
is for children to be ready for
kindergarten,” said Amy
Neal, manager, Success By 6
Northern Kentucky. “Our
program pulls together
experts in the community
who teach coaches how to
improve the child care facilities and help them achieve
the STAR rating.”
According to the United
Way, the system uses a scale
of one to four stars to identify levels of quality, which are
assessed
on
standards
including staff-to-child ratios,
group size, curriculum, parent involvement, training,
and education of staff.
Neal compares the Star
rating system to those used
by hotels.
“It is a way for parents
and the community to quickly recognize quality,” she
said.
According to Julie Witten,
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“Children in those centers
will more likely be ready for
kindergarten than their counterparts in other centers,” she
said. “The rating indicates
that the owners and staff
have made the commitment.”
Alphaland Childcare and
Preschool
in
Highland
Heights became a Star-rated
facility last year with the help
of the Success by 6 program.
Owner Deanna Markus said
her coach helped her to
become familiar with the
laws and regulations required
by the program. She also
received free training for herself and her staff and free
books for the preschool.
“Even though I am
already licensed by Kentucky, this program taught
me how to go above and
beyond what is standard in
the state,” she said. “Their
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believe the kids who go here
will be better prepared for
kindergarten.”

On the fence

CHRIS MAYHEW/STAFF

Adam Howard of Florence, holds his 2-year-old daughter Sabrina up to see a cow in a pasture as his 6-year-old
son climbs up to see the view at lower right during a stop on the Campbell County Backroads Farm Tour at
Bezold Beef Farm on Fisher Road in California July 23. Howard’s other daughter, 1-year-old Molly, is in a carrier
on his back.

“TRUST ME … just sign here”
Have you ever heard someone say this? When you heard it, were you
suspicious? If not, you should have been.
This declarative statement is exactly what the Homebuilders Association of Northern Kentucky (HBA) is saying when it asks you to sign
a petition to dissolve the Northern
Kentucky Area Planning Commission
(NKAPC).

We have. They have no idea so they recite HBA’s talking points. Ask
them to explain something and you will get nothing. The truth of the
matter is that they simply don’t care. They’re in this for the money.
Then, who should you trust in this matter? How about the men and
women you elected to your local city
councils or city commissions?
NKAPC is overseen by Kenton
County’s 19 local governments.
Each of the 18 cities and the Fiscal
Court are represented on NKAPC’s
oversight board. The vast majority
of Kenton County elected ofﬁcials
support NKAPC and the important
services that it provides to their constituents.

The HBA has co-opted the local
Tea Party in its effort to eliminate
NKAPC. They also have hired outof-town political mercenaries from
California, Texas, Massachusetts,
and elsewhere to gather signatures of
Kenton County residents to place this
issue on the November ballot.

These out-of-town solicitors have no
In recent weeks, the HBA and local
idea what NKAPC is, what it does,
Tea Party representatives have asked
and how it makes Kenton County
a number of local city councils to
a safer place for all of us. All they
pass resolutions supporting their efknow is that they get paid from deforts to dissolve NKAPC. All of these
velopment and construction-industry
legislative bodies refused to do so.
folks to stand outside restaurants, in
That should tell you something.
grocery store parking lots, and at the
county fair and other local festivals to
The simple fact is that the HBA
gather signatures. When this Kenton
and its members want to eliminate
County effort is ﬁnished, these political gypsies will move on to anNKAPC so that they and their cronies – rather than local ofﬁcials
other community, another issue, and another paycheck from moneyed you elect – can control planning and zoning in Kenton County. Is that
interests.
what you want?
If you see one of these petition gatherers out and about in Kenton
County, ask them what services NKAPC provides in Kenton County;
ask them why NKAPC was created by our local legislators 50 years
ago; and, ask them what would happen to planning, zoning, and development in Kenton County if NKAPC went away. Then check out
what they tell you.

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councils, city commissions, and ﬁscal court, or the HBA and their
out-of-town political gypsies?
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community and its future. Know what you are being asked to sign.

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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS Northern Kentucky University plans to spend about
$4,000 to plant evergreen
trees near its on-campus
soccer stadium, a move to
help silence concerns about
loud noises coming from the
sports facility.
The latest outlay will
boost to more than $10,000
the amount NKU has spent
in the last year to address
those concerns.

Some residents feel the
trees will help create a barrier that would block some of
the stadium noise from
reaching nearby neighborhoods,
said
NKU
spokesman Chris Cole.
Cole said NKU also has
spent about $6,300 in the
last three months to conduct
a noise study to monitor
sound levels coming from
the stadium and establish
additional ways to abate
those noises.
Some residents have
expressed concerns to High-

land Heights City Council
for several months, contending the noise is a nuisance to their homes.
Resident Dave Ramler
said the new evergreens will
not help immediately, contending it will take 25 to 30
years before the trees would
be an effective sound barrier.
“Any efforts by NKU
have been minimum in trying to reduce in-field soccer
stadium-related
noise,”
Ramler said.
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additional measures to get
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stadium on the other side of
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Cole said the sound
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“Anytime you’ve got an
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neighborhood,” Cole said.
“But we will continue to do
everything we can to limit
that as much as possible.”
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County incentivizes summer learning

By Chris Mayhew
cmayhew@nky.com

ALEXANDRIA - At Campbell
County Schools’ Camp Compass
the learning happens on the computer at home, and the fun happens at school where students
redeem time spent studying for
prizes.
Students were offered prize
incentives by sharpening their
math and reading skills on the
interactive web-based program,
Compass Odyssey.
Students have used the program when school is in session for
three years.
Summer access to the online
Compass Odyssey has been
offered for a while, but this year
students have an incentive to

study up over the summer, said
Marion Kilmer, curriculum secretary for the district.
“In the summer you kind of
don’t think about school, and you
don’t always keep up,” Kilmer
said. “So this kind of keeps them
motivated.”
Students and their parents
brought in handfuls of tickets to
redeem prizes at the July 21 Camp
Compass night at the district’s
Alexandria Education Center.
Prizes included tickets to professional baseball games, books,
camping tents and toy prizes.
Grant’s
Lick
Elementary
School student Camryn Mergenthal, 11, of Butler, brought 96
tickets to the July 21 Camp Compass and left with a tote bag and
an iTunes gift card.

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From left, sister and brother Camryn, 11, and Grant Mergenthal, 9, pick prizes with their tickets earned for summer learning at the Camp Compass
event at the Alexandria Education Center July 21.

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Cora Bertsch, 5, of Alexandria, a kindergartner, bounces a toy up and down as she shows her
parents at the Camp Compass prize-redeeming event at the Alexandria Education Center July 21.

Mergenthal, who wants to
become a teacher, said she is
ready for school to start and the
prizes aren’t why she studied over
the summer.
“Because I like school,” she
said.
Grant Mergenthal, her 9-yearold brother, brought 72 tickets and
redeemed them for a camping
tent.
“That’s all he kept saying was I
want that tent,” said Tina Mergenthal, their mother.
Luke Oehrle, 10, of Cold
Spring, used 75 of his 76 tickets
to snag two upper-deck Cincinnati

Reds tickets for a game in September. Oehrle said he mostly
worked on math online.
“I just did it because there were
prizes,” he said.
At the first Camp Compass
prize redeeming evening in June,
students had logged 1,100 hours
eligible for prizes, said Juli Hale,
director of community relations for
the district.
Students earned one prize ticket per 10 minutes spent on Compass Odyssey.
“Some kids who came in only
had five or six tickets, but we had
a little girl who came in with 160

tickets,” said Hale of the July 21
Camp Compass. “That’s a lot of
time.”
Some prizes were donated, and
others including smaller toys were
purchased by the school district,
she said.
The Cincinnati Reds, Florence
Freedom and Blue Marble Bookstore in Fort Thomas donated
quite a bit, and Kings Island
donated two tickets, Hale said.
“We had a large number of students who were working online,”
she said. “It’s documented. And
they can come in and they’re
excited.”

Officer William Hunt watches as Karolyn Lukjan exits a tent where students learned about blood spatter during the CSI: Fort Thomas
camp, part of the Fort Thomas Summer Enrichment Program. The camp ran July 18-22.

Students mix plaster
to make plaster casts
of their handprints
during the camp.

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Sgt. Chris Carpenter watches as students dig up animal bones during the camp.

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Scharold makes run for UK record books
By Adam Turer

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FILE PHOTO

Robbie Scharold nears the finish line of
the Class 3A, Region 5 cross country
meet Nov. 7, 2009, at Scott High
School. Scharold won the regional
championship for Campbell County.

Robbie Scharold made
his mark in the Campbell
County High School and
Kentucky
high
school
record books.
He now aims to make his
mark on the University of
Kentucky and Southeastern
Conference.
The 2010 CCHS graduate
is entering his sophomore
year at UK, competing on
the cross country and
indoor and outdoor track
teams.
After his success running
for the Camels, he became
one of a few CCHS track and
cross country runners to
advance to a high-major
Division I program. While
running for CCHS, Scharold
set the state and regional
records in the 800 meters,
and helped set the regional
records in the 4x400 and
4x800 relays.
“He was always willing
to run in any event that he
knew would help the team,”
Camels track and field coach
Toni McKee said. “His talent
really helped us win regionals two years in a row.”
Scharold won the 800
meters state championship
in 2009 and 2010. In addition to his talent, his leadership was critical for the
Camels.

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Campbell County’s Robbie Scharold signed to run cross country and track for the University of Kentucky Feb. 25, 2010, in the
presence of his parents, Greg and Donna.
“Robbie is a really strong
leader,” McKee said. “He led
by example and the
younger guys on the team
really looked up to him.”
In his first year at UK,
Scharold ran cross country,
but was injured prior to the
start of the indoor track season.
He redshirted for the
indoor season, but returned
in time to participate in the
outdoor season. An Achilles
injury suffered in December

lingered with him throughout the year.
“I started experiencing a
bunch of little things that
would keep me from going
full speed,” Scharold said.
Early in his first college
season, Scharold found that
there were plenty of adjustments to be made.
“The biggest difference is
the amount of running and
practice on a daily basis,”
Scharold said. “The easiest
days in college are like the

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Former NKU guard Kevin Schappell oversees NKU
basketball camp at Regents Hall July 19. Schappell
played at Loveland and is in his second year as an
assistant for the Norse. Previously, he served three
years on the staff of Bob Huggins at West Virginia.

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Crosley New of Fort Thomas (right) and Grady Combs of Campbell County keep the scoreboard at the NKU
Rec Center during NKU basketball camp July 19.

Be part of Seiter
memorial golf tourney
Nathan Seiter would
have turned 31 this summer.
Seiter died in a car accident on Nov. 30, 2004. He
was Bishop Brossart’s leading scorer in men’s basketball.
On Aug. 13, Nathan’s
friends, family and those
looking to have a good time
for a great cause will gather
at Hickory Sticks Golf
Course to preserve Nathan’s
memory at the annual
Nathan Seiter Memorial Golf
Outing.
Reservations
are
presently being taken for
the 1 p.m. flight. A contribution of $80, which has
remained constant since its

hardest days in high
school.”
Fully
healthy
now,
Scharold is looking forward
to contributing to the team
in a bigger way in his sophomore campaign. The Wildcats coaches give their runner the opportunity to train
on their own in the offseason and set their own pace
for success and improvement.
“I’m running more than I
have in previous summers,”

Scharold said. “I’ve learned
to gradually build up my
mileage in a healthy way.”
Scharold took a break
from
Lexington
and
returned home to Northern
Kentucky to train this summer. The heat wave that has
swept the region has been a
challenge for Scharold and
anyone trying to run lots of
miles this summer.
“The heat has made it
tough to train,” said
Scharold. “I’ve been running early in the morning or
late at night when it’s cooler, but it’s still pretty hot.”
In his sophomore season, Scharold aims to run
more 1500 meter races,
compete in the 4x400 relay
more, and improve his time
in his specialty event, the
800 meters. Scharold said
that his goal is to run the
800 even faster this year
than he did in his senior
year at Campbell County,
when he set the state
record.
The Wildcats sophomore
has what it takes to continue to improve each season.
While he is a talented runner, it is his intangibles that
will separate him from the
pack.
“He is a great example of
work ethic,” McKee said.
“My hope for him is to come
out this year and be a force
in the SEC.”

inception, will include 18
holes of scramble golf, a
cart, beverages, lunch on
the course, and a steak or
chicken dinner catered by
Barleycorns.
This event has sold out
in each of its six previous
renewals, and this one is
anticipated to be no exception.
Make reservations now,
whether you are repeat
golfers or newcomers to the
event.
The proceeds of the
event benefit the Nathan
Seiter Memorial Scholarship
Fund, which has provided
more than 25 $1,000 scholarships to needy Brossart
High School students. The

Brossart Mustangs boys
basketball program administrates and also benefits
from the outing.
Quality silent auction
items will be available as
well as the possibility of
winning a 2011 Buick provided
by
Jeff
Wyler
Buick/Pontiac/GMC with a
hole-in-one on a designated
hole, along with other prize
holes.
Contact Brian Rieger at
441-6756 for more information.
See more sports coverage at
www.cincinnati.com/blogs/pres
spreps.

Northern Kentucky University head basketball coach Dave Bezold
demonstrates a dribbling drill to Norse campers on July 19 at Regents Hall.
Bezold has guided the Norse since 2004.

Staying cool

Coney Island Aquanaut
Sophia Smallwood, 6, of
Alexandria swims in the
2011 Southern Ohio Swim
League championships, July
20, at Milford High School.
The meet featured 10 teams
and more than 700
swimmers. “This is the
league championship meet,
so obviously this is our
biggie for the summer,” said
Gary Tameris, coach of the
Milford Area Swim Team.
Milford won the boys team
title, while Mariemont won
the girls championship.
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July 28, 2011

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SIDELINES
Town & Country Summer Camps

Town & Country Sports & Health
Club, 1018 Town Drive in Wilder, is
offering summer camp programming,
with camps for children ages 3
through high school.
Town & Country offers full- and
half-day Adventure Camps, Tiny Tots
Adventure Camp and a variety of
Sports Camps. Camps run through
Aug. 5.
To register, visit www.towncountrysports.com or call 859-442-5800.

Fast Start Volleyball

Northern Kentucky Volleyball Club
(NKYVC) has open registration for
Fast Start Volleyball, a program
specifically designed for athletes who
do not make their school program or
who attend schools that do not have
a volleyball program available.
The program provides technique
and skill training and a competition
schedule. It is appropriate for all skill
levels as courts and teams are age
and skill divided to ensure each athlete is challenged.
Athletes will practice one hour, two
days a week for six weeks Aug. 10 Sept. 21. All sessions are held at the
Town & Country Sports Complex,
1018 Town Drive in Wilder.
For more information, visit
www.nkyvc.com.

Fall Soccer Leagues

Town & Country Sports & Health
Club is organizing fall outdoor and
indoor soccer leagues at its facility,
1018 Town Drive in Wilder.
The fall session will run August
through October.
• Team registration deadline for
Men’s Open, COED Open, Women’s
Open, COED 35+ and Men’s 30+ is
due Friday, Aug. 12.
• Individual league registrations for
Men’s Open Indoor and Women’s
Open Indoor, 18 years and older, for
the fall session is due Monday, Aug.
15.
To register for either, visit
www.towncountrysports.com or contact Jeremy Robertson, director of
soccer operations, at 859-442-5800
or tcsoccer@fuse.net.

NKY Sports Reunion

A reunion for all former Northern
Kentucky sports players, coaches
and officials will be 1 p.m. to midnight
Aug. 20, at Rivershore Sports Complex, 7842 River Road in Hebron.
Cost is $5 or $10 per family. There
will be games, prizes, cornhole and
more. Meet Charlie Coleman of the
TV show “Sports Legends and Freddie Simpson, who played in the
movie “A League of Their Own.”
Retro will provide live music.
The Northern Kentucky Sports Hall
of Fame members’ softball game will
be at 5:30 p.m.
All proceeds go the Kentucky Circuit Clerk’s Trust for Life Program,
helping to secure organs/tissue donations to help Kentuckians.

The clinic, for coaches of all
sports, is designed to help coaches
develop more positive and effective
results from their athletes. Topics to
be covered include, creating a cohesive team on and off the field, sport
nutrition and more. Guest speakers
include Rodney Swanigan, head
coach of the Northern Kentucky River
Monsters and Brian Hiebert, CNP, Be
Healthy Nutrition.
The cost prior to Saturday, July
30, is $50; after is $60. Tickets can
be purchased online at tristatecoach.eventbrite.com.
Visit tristatecoach.wordpress.com
or 2011 Tri-State Coach’s Clinic on
Facebook.

Be Concerned hosts golf outing

Be Concerned will host its 15th
annual golf outing on Sept. 16 at Twin
Oaks Golf and Plantation Club in
Latonia.
The cost is $100 for 18 holes of
golf and includes a lunch on the
course and a prime rib and chicken
dinner after.
The scramble best-ball format will
have a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m.
There will be prizes for top golfers, as
well as a silent auction and rapid raffles afterward. New is the Golf Ball
Drop; for $5 you can purchase a
numbered golf ball that will be
dropped from a helicopter onto the
putting green at 4 p.m. The person
whose ball lands closest to the pin
will win $1,000.
Proceeds will benefit Be Concerned, which assists low-income
families in Northern Kentucky obtain
basic necessities.
For more information or to sign up,
call 859-291-6789.

Cincinnati Fury, a newly formed,
select youth baseball organization
formed to compete at a high level
with honor and integrity through
skilled coaching, is having tryouts
The 11U tryout is 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. with a 9 a.m. registration, and
the 15U tryouts are 3-7 p.m. with a 2
p.m. registration.
Dates are Aug. 6 at Miami Meadows Park, 1546 Ohio 131, Milford;
Aug. 13 at Seven Hills School, 5400
Red Bank Road; and Aug. 20 at
Northern Kentucky University, Nunn
Drive, Highland Heights.
Players only need to attend one
date. Players are to dress in long
pants and bring the necessary baseball equipment (gloves, bats, batting
helmets, catcher’s gear, hats, etc.).
Water will be provided.
Cincinnati Fury has the competitive advantage of a solid staff with
extensive baseball knowledge and
experience guided by the coaching
philosophy of Don Gullett Jr. Don’s
father, Don Gullett, a former MLB
pitcher and pitching coach will be the
Fury’s pitching coordinator.
Cincinnati Fury will have open tryouts for anyone eligible for the 2012
11U and 15U divisions.
Players will go through a pro-style
workout where they will be assessed
individually on a range of skills.
Visit www.gulletts.com, e-mail
GBI@gulletts.com, or call 390-7800
for more information.

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Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball player
Tony Rack has been named to
the National Association of
Basketball Coaches Honors
Court for his work in the
classroom.
Rack, a junior guard,
earned the recognition for his
academic performance during the 2010-11 season.
In order to be named to
the NABC Honors Court, a
player must be a junior or
senior and own at least a 3.2
cumulative grade point average.
Rack averaged 5.5 points
per game as NKU posted a
21-9 record and advanced to
the NCAA Division II Tournament as a junior. The Moeller
High School product was 49for-119 from three-point
range last season.
In addition, Rack’s threepointer at the buzzer gave
NKU a 76-74 overtime win
against Kentucky Wesleyan in
the first round of the NCAA
Division II Midwest Regional
on March 12.

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Scholarship
winner

Jack Ritter of Alexandria was
awarded the 2010-11
Campbell County Football
Jimmy Geiman Scholarship
and received the GeimanHeisman Trophy.

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Not only has Washington’s
spending binge left us with a
record national debt in excess of
$14 trillion and an enormous $1.5
trillion annual deficit, but unemployment is still too high at 9.8
percent in Kentucky and our economy is stagnant at best amid fears
of a double dip recession.
House Republicans are working to reverse this trend. We
already passed a fact-based budget plan that would reduce spending by more than $6 trillion over
10 years when compared to the
president’s budget. Now, we are
demanding significant spending
cuts and reforms as part of any
increase to the debt limit. At the
same time, it has been more than
800 days since Senate Democrats

passed any budget.
In Washington, too many
people
throw
around numbers
with billions and
trillions on the
end
without
U.S. Rep. flinching. HowevGeoff Davis er, they seem to
forgotten
Community have
that a billion has
Recorder nine zeros and a
guest trillion has 12
These
columnist zeros.
numbers are so
large that it can be difficult to put
them into the perspective of our
daily lives. Here are a few examples to help:

Smog season
is here again
Now that the warm weather
has sprung upon us full force, so
has the smog.
In early June the 90s hit the
Tristate and brought with it the
region’s first smog alert of the season. So what exactly is smog and
why does it become such an issue
during these hot summer months?
Smog is an air pollutant containing gases and other reactive
chemical mixtures that is formed
when sunlight combines with
them. They create an irritating
mixture throughout the air making breathing difficult, especially
for children, the elderly and people
with respiratory problems.
Now that the heat has arrived,
the warm temperatures increasingly facilitate the mixing of those
gases which creates more air contamination. Along with the temperatures, urban areas are among
the top of the list for high smog
levels.
In the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana
Regional Council of Governments
region that consists of Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio; Boone, Campbell and
Kenton counties in Kentucky and
Dearborn County, Ind., this is due,
mainly, to exhaust from vehicles.
Geography has something to do
with it as well; since the region
sits in a valley of sorts, the surroundings could trap the pollution
inside.
In order to see a decrease in the
amount of smog that is formed,
residents of the Tristate area need
to be informed and stay conscientious. OKI is a non-profit organi-

zation
actively
Lauren
trying to keep citKoehler
izens aware of the
smog issues in
Community
the Tristate area.
Press guest
OKI’s primary
columnist
charge is to notify
people, businesses and the media of smog alerts on
days when there is high air contamination.
OKI’s “Do Your Share for Cleaner Air” campaign is one way the
community can stay informed
about smog and related air pollution issues. This campaign gives
many examples of what individuals can do to help keep our air
clean, such as:
• Carpool with friends or coworkers: sign up for RideShare, a
free service, by visiting www.
rideshareonline.org.
• Turn off all unused lights.
• Refuel vehicles after 8 p.m.
• Use lawnmowers after 8 p.m.
• Walk, bike or Rollerblade on
short trips
If carpooling or vanpooling is
not feasible, individuals can park
at one of the many park and rides
around the Tristate area and take a
bus (call METRO 513-621-4455
or TANK 859-331-8265).
Simply spreading the word to
friends and family is also helpful.
For more information and additional tips to reduce air pollution,
visit
www.doyourshare.org,
become a fan on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/doyourshare,
or call 1-800-621-SMOG.
Loren Koehler is an OKI
communications intern.

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Last week’s question

Last weekend, Newport
hosted the inaugural Queen
City Sausage Festival. If you
could create a brand new festival for Campbell County,
what would it celebrate?
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One of our top priorities in
Northern Kentucky, both for our
safety and economy, is to replace
the Brent Spence Bridge between
Covington and Cincinnati. This
critical infrastructure project is
expected to cost up to $3 billion,
more than the entire annual transportation budgets of Kentucky and
Ohio combined. With $1 trillion,
you could build this mega-project
333 times.
You could also buy more than
540,000,000,000 (billion) cheese
coneys (with mustard and onions)
from your favorite chili parlor. If
you lined them up end to end,
they would circle the globe 1,714
times. This is enough to give
eighty cheese coneys to every
man, woman and child on Earth,

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or to give every single Kentuckian
four cheese coneys a day for life –
including free oyster crackers.
With one trillion dollars you
could buy 277,000,000,000 (billion) gallons of gas at the current
average price of $3.60 per gallon.
This is twice the total amount of
gasoline consumed in the United
States last year.
You could also buy more than
49,000,000 (million) new Toyota
Camrys made in Scott County and
designed in Erlanger. This would
be about four times as many cars
as were sold in the United States
last year.
It is hard to imagine hundreds
of bridges or hundreds of billions
of cheese coneys because the idea
of a trillion dollars is mind bog-

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gling even when put into these
terms.
Yet we must come to terms
with our $14 trillion debt and
$1.5 trillion deficit because these
bills will have to be paid either by
us or future generations of Americans.
We did not get into this mess
overnight, and we will not get out
of it overnight. To stop the Washington spending spree, the government needs a realistic workout
plan to reduce the deficit, and to
start paying down our massive
debt. The debt limit and budget
negotiations must make significant progress toward that goal.
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Hebron, is a
member of the U.S. House of
Representatives.

Skills gap: Jobs go unfilled
With the national unemployment rate hovering stubbornly
above 9 percent, why is there a
shortage of workers?
The short answer is that there
has been and continues to be a
skills gap created by the changing
nature of work and the aging of
the workforce.
The changing nature of work
has been shifting for the past several decades.
Nowhere is this more evident
than in the industry sectors of
advanced manufacturing, health
care and information technology.
Just as your auto mechanic now
uses electronics and computers to
diagnose your car’s problem, so
does the person who makes products in one of the 400 manufacturing companies found in the
region.
While it is true that the total
number of people working in
manufacturing has shrunk dramatically in the past decade, it is
also true that advanced manufacturing is one sector of the economy that is hiring today. But you
have to have the right skill set to
even get an interview.
A strong back and little else
once was required to get a job in
manufacturing. Today, a strong
mind that is ready to use sophisti-

cated technology to produce finished products is required. It also
requires the person to have strong
math, reading, communications
and writing skills.
With those skills, you can
expect to earn a good wage: The
average wage of a person in
advanced manufacturing in Kentucky exceeds $52,000 a year
with benefits. You will work in a
building that looks more like a
NASA space shuttle than an
assembly plant.
Advanced manufacturing as a
career is not well understood or
appreciated. In our push to
increase the college going rate –
spurred by the 1960s space race –
parents, counselors and teachers
pushed the “college” degree as a
four-year degree. We still push
that goal despite warnings from
experts telling us that 50-75 percent of jobs will require a two-year
associate degree or less.
Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky is a place where
things are still “Made in America.”
Manufacturing accounts for a
large number of jobs and a high
percentage of the economic activity in the region.
It has been and remains a vital
part of who we are as a region. We
must come together as a commu-

nity to produce
long-term
and
sustainable pathways for young
people and others
to see advanced
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That is why in
2005 local manuguest
facturers
and
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community leaders came together to help design
and secure funding for the Center
for Advanced Manufacturing at
the Gateway’s Boone Campus.
That is why we have launched
numerous partnerships, apprenticeships and special programs to
train and educate students to take
the jobs that are and will be available in the region.
Visit our center, talk to our faculty and staff; then have a serious
conversation with your child,
grandchild, neighbor and friend
about a career in advanced manufacturing.
The skills gap is a national
challenge that must be overcome
to revitalize the U.S. economy. In
our region, Gateway offers an
effective solution.
G. Edward Hughes is president of Gateway
Community and Technical College.

Will it be business as usual?
Every Kentuckian knows the
crisis we face: The country is more
than $14 trillion in debt. The
unemployment rate is over nine
percent nationally, and nearly 10
percent in the Commonwealth. An
economic calamity is on the horizon—unless Washington gets
spending under control and creates an environment to grow new
jobs, soon.
So naturally people across Kentucky, from Paducah to Pikeville,
are looking for answers. Will the
government finally get spending
under control and revive this
economy, or will it be business as
usual in Washington?
Unfortunately, the answers
coming from President Obama and
the liberals in Congress are the
wrong ones. Shockingly, in the
face of crushing debt and deficits,
a flailing economy, and anemic
job growth, they want to increase
government spending and raise
taxes.
Remarkably, in a time of record
deficits, Washington Democrats
have called for more stimulus
spending, ignoring that if we

could spend our way into economic recovery we would surely be in
boom times by now. And they
have called for hundreds of billions of dollars in higher taxes to
be a part of any deal for Congress
to raise the debt limit.
The president recently went to
a manufacturing plant to tout new
jobs. Yet even as he was speaking,
his administration unveiled a proposal to hit manufacturing companies like the one he was visiting
with billions of dollars in new
taxes.
Actions like these just aren’t
serious. And they show that President Obama and Washington
Democrats still don’t get it.
They’re just not listening to you.
What they don’t understand is
that there is a debt crisis not
because Washington taxes too little, but because it spends too
much. And that voters did not
elect dozens of new Republicans
to Congress last November
because they want their taxes
raised or government spending to
go up.
For the government to keep

running up the
credit card and
looking to the
taxpayer to foot
the bill is unacceptable. RepubliSenator
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it’s time for Washcolumnist
ington to take the
hit—not
Kentucky taxpayers. We need to enact
a serious plan to dramatically
reduce spending and finally get
our debt and deficits under control.
That plan must include entitlement reform, because entitlement
reform is the key to real long-term
spending reduction.
We should not raise taxes,
because that would hurt job
growth and hinder the economic
recovery we badly need.
Mitch McConnell is the Senate
Republican Leader serving as senior
U.S. Senator for Kentucky

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Jeff Rose and Bill Walz have opened a new business, Mansion Hill Custom Floors,
in Newport.

New flooring company finds
its home in Mansion Hill
By Amanda Joering Alley
ajoering@nky.com

Alexandria residents Jeff
Rose and Bill Walz have
brought their 50 combined
years of wood flooring
experience to Newport with
their new company, Mansion Hill Custom Floors.
The company, which
gets its name from its location in the Mansion Hill Historic District at 324 East
Fourth St., specializes in
creating
one-of-a-kind
flooring.
“We are full-service
including sales, installation
and in-home estimates,”
Rose said. “With all of our
years of experience, we can
help customers choose
which flooring is right for
them.”
After meeting while
working together at Schumacher & Co., a hardwood
flooring company, the two
decided to venture out on
their own, opening Mansion
Hill Custom Floors earlier
this month.
“We are both groundfloor up owners that started
out sanding floors, so we
know every aspect of this
business,” Rose said. “We
wanted to offer our customers a positive, comfortable experience.”
Their new company
offers traditional, modern,
custom and eco-friendly

products, featured in their
2,500-square-foot showroom.
“Everybody
wants
something different, and we
have a countless varieties of
wood to choose from,” Walz
said.
Walz said they have a
wide selection of “green”
products, which are those
made out of cork, bamboo
and wood that has been
reclaimed or recycled, which
are becoming increasingly
popular.
While it is just the two of
them running the business
with the help of their wives,
Lee Rose and Janice Walz,
both agreed that they hope
to expand their business.
“We plan to cater to
builders,
remodelers,
designers and homeowners
and help them find what
they are looking for,” Walz
said. “We’ve already had a
great response from clients
we’ve worked with in the
past, and we hope to continue growing.”
In the near future, the
two plan to host open houses and lunch & learn events
at their store.
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about Mansion Hill Custom
Floors call 581-1800 or
visit www.mansionhillcustomfloors.com
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For almost 10 years,
Newport on the Levee has
been a hot-spot in the
Greater Cincinnati area,
bringing thousands of locals
and tourists to Newport’s
riverfront.
In September, the entertainment and dining hub,
which is continuing to see
success, will celebrate its
10-year anniversary.
“The building of Newport
on the Levee brought a lot
of attention to the city of
Newport as the project
developed,” said Harold
Dull, general manager of the
Levee. “The Levee has
turned into a broad regional
draw.”
Dull said recent surveys
show that residents from
the surrounding six counties frequent the Levee and
that 60 percent of the
Levee’s 3.5 million visitors
a year are tourists.
The Levee’s marketing
director, Christy Gloyd, who
grew up in the area, said
when she was younger,
there wasn’t much to do in
the area until the Levee
opened.
“Since the Levee opened
this area has just boomed,”
Gloyd said. “This has
become a staple in the
area.”
Some of the biggest
attractions at the Levee,
which is 83 percent leased
out right now, are the Newport Aquarium and AMC
Theatres, as well as the
wide variety of restaurants,
bars and other stores.
“I think a big thing that
attracts people to the Levee
is that there are so many
options in a very concentrated place,” Dull said. “We
are always looking for ways
to add more value to our
visitors’ experience at the
Levee and we have a lot of
exciting announcements
coming up.”
Dull said some of these
announcements include the
development of the vacant
land next to the Levee that
it owns, and possible new

AMANDA JOERING ALLEY/STAFF

Ella, Addison and James Viox of Erlanger enjoy some ice cream from the Cold Stone Creamery at Newport on the Levee.
tenants for the vacated
Shadowbox Cabaret and
Imax theater spaces.
Dull said the Levee is a
very desirable location for
businesses.
One the Levee’s newest
businesses, Tom + Chee,
relocated from its former
location in Cincinnati in
June.
The restaurant, which
started as a small tent in
Fountain Square in 2009,
specializes in grilled cheese
and tomato soup.
“We love the atmosphere
of the Levee,” said Trew
Quackenbush, one of the
business’s owners.
“We are very family
friendly and we thought the
Levee would be a great fit
for us with all the families
that come here.”
Outside of entertainment
and dining businesses, the
Levee is also catering to
other businesses that want
a unique environment for
their office by leasing out
office space.
“Some businesses just
don’t thrive in a central
business district type of
area, so at the Levee we
offer them something a little
different,” Dull said. “Here,
businesses can find a creative, vibrant environment.”
Dull said the office space
at the Levee is a win-win by
offering employees of the

AMANDA JOERING ALLEY/STAFF

Lauren Volk from Greenwood, Ind., gets a balloon flower from Chris Corrado of the
Cincinnati Circus while visiting Newport on the Levee.
businesses a lot of options
for lunches and entertaining
clients and providing Levee
businesses with more onsite customers.
To celebrate the 10-year
anniversary, the Levee is

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Emma Tyree and Ashton Arvin from Trenton, Ohio, enjoy a meal at one the Levee’s newest businesses, Tom + Chee.

planning several events
throughout the month of
September.
For information about
the Levee and upcoming
events, visit www.newport
onthelevee.com.

Cincinnati Bell FiOptics Showcase of New
Affordable Homes, 5-8 p.m., Aosta Valley,
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homes from six local builders. Homes start at
$148,500 and range in size from 16003000 square feet. Located on Boone County-Kenton County line just North of Walton,
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For more about
Greater Cincinnati’s
dining, music,
events, movies
and more, go to
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Dinsmore Homestead will have tours to showcase the 1842 farmhouse and furnishings of the Dinsmore family from 1-5
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31, and Wednesday, Aug. 3. The Dinsmore Homestead is a unique historic site where
visitors can learn what rural life was like in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Nature enthusiasts can enjoy the hiking trails
and those who enjoy antiques and historic interiors will take delight in touring the house, containing the original
accumulated belongings of five generations of the Dinsmore family. Tours begin on the hour with the last tour starting at 4
p.m. The office and gift shop are closed on Mondays. House tours will continue through Dec. 15. The Dinsmore Homestead is
located at 5656 Burlington Pike in Burlington. Tours are $5; $3 ages 60 and up; $2 ages 7-17; members and ages six and
under are free. For more information visit www.dinsmorefarm.org or call 859-586-6117.
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The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company performs “Bedroom Farce,” a comedic 1970s play that explores relationships at
various stages. It is through Aug. 7, at the theater, 719 Race St., downtown. Tickets are $32 and $28 for adults, $28 and $24
for seniors and $26 and $22 for students. Call 513-381-2273 ext. 1 or visit www.cincyshakes.com. Pictured are: Kate
Wilford and Jim Hopkins in the company’s production of “Bedroom Farce.”

The comedy, “Menopause the Musical,” is at the Aronoff Center through Aug. 14.
The musical parody is set to classic tunes from the 60s, 70s and 80s. It is
performed at 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 2 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets are $50. Call 513-621-2787 or visit www.CincinnatiArts.org.

Life

Alexandria Recorder

July 28, 2011

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‘Bee’ on the lookout for pollinators in your yard
Most of the time, when
we see a bee, our initial
reaction is to kill it. If
you’ve been stung before,
you know it can hurt, so
naturally
you
become
defensive – especially if
you’re allergic to bee stings.
As best we can, it’s time
to change our thinking from
defense to offense, as our
honey bee (and other pollinators) populations continue to decline to alarmingly
low numbers. Without our
bees and their pollinating
abilities, we wouldn’t have
much of the food we eat.
In fact, one bite of every
three we take was dependent on a honey bee for pollination.
So, what’s causing the
decline?
There are many factors
including mites, viruses and
other diseases, chemical
exposure, lack of nutrition
(limited supply of good
pollen and nectar sources),
and of course, Colony Collapse Disorder, which may
be a combination of all of
the above (still a lot of
research going on).
How can you help?
Although most backyard
gardeners can’t do anything
about the mites, viruses,
diseases and over all Colony
Collapse Disorder, we can
help increase honey bees
and other pollinators within
our yards and neighborhoods.

Garden for the bees

• Plant nectar rich plants
in your garden, patio pots,
window boxes, etc.
• Try to create bee areas
that are in full sun, and protected from the wind.
• Make sure there are

plants flowering at all
times for the
bees to work
on.
• Many
weeds are an
excellent
Ron Wilson source of
In the nectar and
Garden pollen (dandelions and
clover
are
great!). When possible let
them flower for the bees to
use, then pull or get rid of
the weeds.
• Try planting both
native and non native nectar and pollen sources.
Flowering shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables and
herbs can all be great
sources of nectar and
pollen.
• Provide a source of
water. (Bee favorites include
lavender, milkweed, daisies,
coreopsis, crocus, Alliums,
chives, catmint, salvia,
sage, gayfeather, Penstemon digitalis, sedum, goldenrod, lambs ears, thyme,
zinnias, etc. Trees and
shrubs include crab apples,
edible peaches and apples,
hawthorn, flowering cherry,
spirea, butterfly plant, caryopteris, etc.

Reduce use of pesticides

• If you must spray, use
targeted pesticides that
won’t affect bees, and spray
when the bees are least
active (early in morning or
at dusk when the wind is
not blowing).
• If possible, don’t spray
flowering plants that attract
the bees, or at least try to
treat the leaves only, not the
flowers. Treat only plants
that are being badly eaten.

• Use integrated pest
management
methods
(mechanical and cultural
ways to control pests as
well as chemical, such as
hosing off bad bugs, knocking them off into a bucket of
soapy water, using grow
covers, hand picking, etc.
Apply insecticidal soap or
horticultural oil before getting out the stronger insecticides.
Note: Pesticides will
vary in their effect on bees.
Dusts and wettable powders
are more hazardous to bees
than solutions or emulsifiable concentrates. Systemics are a safer way to
control many harmful pests
without sprays, but may
contaminate
nectar
or
pollen. Read the label.
Many insecticides, like
Sevin or Spinosad (an
organic spray) may be very
low in toxicity to humans
and pets, yet are extremely
toxic to bees.

www.orchardbees.com
www.masonbeehomes.com
www.gardeners.com/About
-Mason-Bees/8198,default,pg.
html
www.knoxcellars.com
www.homeorchardsociety.
org/masonbees
www.davesbees.com
encourage the native bee
populations. The solitary
bee species that nest in
boxes, hollow stems and
ground won’t swarm and
don’t sting.
These are excellent pollinators and are already in

Learn more about bees

Take the time to learn
more about not only honey
bees, but our native bees as
well. Educate the kids about
the importance of the bees,
and how to watch for and
avoid bees. (Only female
honey bees can sting, and it
truly is used as a defense
mechanism only.)

Buy local honey

Help support your local
bee keepers by purchasing
locally produced honey and
other honey related prod-

ucts. The honey is often
more fresh and will contain
vitamins and minerals that
some commercially produced honey may lack.
So let’s all do our part to
invite and allow these
honey bees to do their jobs
in our gardens. And the
next time you smack a
honey bee, just think about
the impact you’ve made on
our world of bees. Can you
imagine what the world
would ‘bee’ like without our
pollinators?
(Thanks to Bar-bee
Bloetscher,OSU Extension/
ODA, for much of our bee
information.)
Ron Wilson is marketing
manager for Natorp’s Garden
Stores and is the garden expert
for 55KRC-AM and Local 12.
Reach him at columns@
communitypress.com.

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Protect swarms

If a swarm of honeybees
happen to visit your yard
and garden, don’t panic!
They’re usually not aggressive.
Give them time to move
on, or call your local Extension office or Police to get
phone numbers for local
beekeepers that will gladly
come and remove the hive
safely and transport it elsewhere.
You can often find people
on swarm lists for your
county online as well (see
box).

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We had a wonderful time
in Michigan at the lake
house, which daughter-inlaw Courtney’s family
owns.
We seldom
get
one-on-one
time
with
our kids and
Rita I loved just
Heikenfeld sitting on the
deck chatRita’s ting with
kitchen them without having
to wonder how long they
can stay.
The grandkids loved
everything about Little Glen
Lake in Michigan, from the

shallow, clean water to the
beautiful white sand dunes.
Husband, Frank, and I
went on to Montreal and
Quebec and Old Quebec is
now one of my favorite
cities.
The food was authentic –
poutine (French-fried potatoes with veal “gravy”),
duck confit , salads with
maple syrup dressing, and
flaky breakfast croissants
studded with chocolate. I
think I ate my way through
Quebec!
It’s back to reality now,
though, with this searing
heat. A perfect reason to
whip up a batch of Orange
Julius smoothies.

Orange Julius smoothie

This is as close as I can
get to the kind sold at the
mall. Because your body
digests liquids easier than
solids, a smoothie is a wonderful way to give kids who
can’t tolerate a solid meal a
healthful start.
6 oz. can frozen orange
juice concentrate, thawed
2 cups milk
Sugar to taste (start with
1
⁄3 cup and go from there) or
substitute
2 teaspoons vanilla
Couple handfuls of ice
Whirl everything together in the blender.

Rita’ blog

Visit Rita’s blog at http://
cincinnati.com/blogs/cooking
withrita to find out what every
parent should know about
hydration and kids, plus how to
make your own sports drinks.

My favorite sour cream
chocolate bundt cake

Daughter-in-law Jessie
made this for my birthday.
It’s a moist, chocolaty cake
that’s a good keeper, as
well. And the frosting –
you’ll be licking the spoon.
1 cup boiling water

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In a double boiler over
hot water melt chocolate
with the butter. Or use a
nonstick pan on low heat.
Remove from heat and
allow to cool for five minutes.
In an electric mixer add
chocolate mixture and confectioners’ sugar. Beat until
mixture resembles chalky

beads.
Add the vanilla and the
milk 1 tablespoon at a time
until a spreadable consistency is reached. Beat until
fluffy – adding more milk if
necessary.

Aunt Becky’s Thriftway
potato salad

I’ve had several requests
for this, along with Thriftway’s tuna salad and Bigg’s
chicken salad. I have cloned
the tuna and chicken salads
and will share them soon.
I received this from Clermont County reader Julie
Scott several years ago
straight from the deli cookbook. You can try and cut
the recipe in half.
As far as the freeze-dried
chives, a palmful of fresh
chives will work, too, or
finely
chopped
green
onions.
71⁄2 lbs. potatoes, cooked
and diced
41⁄2 cups Hellmann’s
mayo
3 hard-boiled eggs,
chopped
4 tablespoons yellow
mustard
21⁄2 teaspoons onion salt
11⁄2 teaspoons celery seed
11⁄2 teaspoons freezedried chives
11⁄2 teaspoons sugar
3
⁄4 cup chopped celery
Let set in refrigerator
overnight and serve the
next day!
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an
herbalist, educator and author.
E-mail columns@community
press.com with “Rita’s kitchen”
in the subject line. Call 513-2487130, ext. 356.

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Dr. Tiffany Buller-Schussler
Dr. Weisenberger, a native of Cincinnati, attended
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She earned her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree
at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio.
After graduation, Dr. Weisenberger completed
an Advanced Education in General Dentistry
residency at Cincinnati’s University Hospital.
Please join us in welcoming her to the Schussler
dentistry family!

N. Kentucky military
personnel graduate
The following military
personnel graduated from
training or have been promoted:
• Army National Guard
Pvt. David J. Gray graduated
from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual
Training course at Fort Sill,
Lawton, Okla. Gray is the
son of Tevis D. and Theresa
C. Gray of Fort Wright and
is a 2009 graduate of Covington
Catholic
High
School. Air Force Airman
1st Class Clarence A. Montgomery graduated from
basic military training at

Lackland Air Force Base,
San Antonio, Texas. Montgomery earned distinction
as an honor graduate. He is
the son of Rose Montgomery of Bellevue.
• Air Force Airman 1st
Class Matthew M. Morscher
graduated from the Aerospace Propulsion Apprentice
(F-100 jet engine) Course at
Sheppard Air Force Base,
Wichita Falls, Texas. He is
the son of Mack E. and
Mary L. Morscher of
Alexandria and a 2008
graduate of Campbell County High School.

July 28, 2011

Gearhart opens
practice

Kendall R. Gearhart, D.C.,
has opened a
new practice
called Chirop r a c t i c
Orthopedics
at
8333
Alexandria
Pike
in
Alexandria.
Gearhart
He is currently accepting new patients.
Phone: 859-448-0900.

Chrystie Keenan joins
Huff in Campbell Co.

Fort Mitchell based Huff
Realty
announced
that

Chrystie Keenan recently
joined the company's sales
team operating out of the
Campbell
County
/
Brooksville office.
Keenan can be reached at
606-407
2266
or
at
ckeenan@huff.com

The current world record was
achieved when 3,952 people gathered
to form a giant pink human ribbon as
part of Breast Cancer Awareness
month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on
October 28, 2010, taking the record
from a group in Germany of 3,640 in
2007.
Officials from Guinness World
Records will be at Kings Island to officiate and certify the world-record
attempt.
All guests planning to participate in
the event must register in advance
online
at

He began his career with
Fifth Third in 2004 and
received an MBA from Xavier
University and a bachelor’s
degree in Finance and Economics from the University of
Kentucky. McMillan resides in
Fort Thomas.

Engel joins ComStock
Advisors

Dave Engel has joined
ComStock Advisors in Newport as director, corporate
transaction services.

McMillan promoted to
vice president

The Fifth Third Bancorp
(NASDAQ: FITB) Board of Directors has promoted Ed McMillan,
senior finance manager for the
Information Technology division, to Vice President.
McMillan and four other
employees received promotions to Vice President from
the board.

www.visitkingsisland.com/record and
come to the park July 31 dressed in
pink.
Guests can purchase 'Guinness
World Record Day' tickets for July 31
online for $19 at www.visitkingsisland.com. Participation in the event is
free for 2011 season passholders.
For more information on how to be
part of Kings Island's Guinness World
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timeline of events, go to www.visit
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An Open Letter to NKAPC Taxtakers
Our families, friends & neighbors are not corrupt!
Why does a wealthy shadow group of concerned citizens and elected taxtakers support NKAPC as they vilify our families, friends and neighbors? How many hardworking carpenters, plumbers, electricians, drywallers, painters, roofers and building
professionals do you know? Are they corrupt as alleged by the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission (NKAPC)?
NKAPC taxtakers have tried to link our families, friends and neighbors in the building industry to those who caused the mortgage crisis and
Watergate. The housing crisis was cause by corrupt POLITICIANS who required banks to give home loans to people who could not afford them.
Watergate was caused by corrupt POLITICIANS. It’s an insult to our hardworking families, friends and neighbors to link them to corrupt politicians.
Boone County has grown by 38% and has issued twice as many building permits as Kenton County who has only grown by 5%, yet
Kenton County pays twice as much for planning and zoning as Boone County. The NKAPC reports that Edgewood’s taxpayers paid
$235,000 and received $38,000 in services while Fort Wright’s taxpayers paid NKAPC $160,000 and received $16,000 in services. Why? The
taxtakers at the NKAPC need our tax dollars to pay for their lucrative retirements, free health insurance and free meals. Who has the $3.4 million
conﬁscated from Kenton taxpayers? It’s not the builders or the taxpayers. It’s the taxtakers at NKAPC. Yes, “follow the money.” NKAPC has it all!
Isn’t it alarming that government regulators, like NKAPC, now consume 25% of the cost of a new single family home? Isn’t that cost going to
prevent our kids and grandkids from achieving the American Dream of owning their own homes? Over-regulation drives up building costs, decreases building demand and destroys jobs.
Why is NKAPC bullying and intimidating local businesses who support this petition drive by leading a boycott against our
entrepreneurs. These boycotts are promoted by NKAPC supporters who demand “We the People” submit or be destroyed. Should our entrepreneurs live in fear of NKAPC’s powerful supporters? Do we live in Kenton County or Moscow?
Why did NKAPC pay $5,000 of taxpayers’ money to authorize a self-serving survey to “prove” the public “demanded” NKAPC conﬁscate 23%
of Kenton’s private hillsides? The survey contacted less than 1% of Kenton’s residents as their proof! It was just a shameful attempt at grabbing
private property!
If NKAPC is dissolved, will Kenton become part of the Dark Ages as stated by NKAPC supporters? In June, Campbell County’s City of Fort
Thomas was ranked as the #1 community in Northern Kentucky by Cincy Magazine, even though Campbell County ﬁred the NKAPC almost 30
years ago.
NKAPC claims they “provided oversight and regulation of the homebuilding and the construction industry in Kenton County for the past ﬁfty
years.” So why are our streets crumbling after 5-10 years? Who provides oversight and regulates our streets? NKAPC! Aren’t they revealing their
own negligence, waste and lack of oversight? Who pays for these costly street repairs? The taxpayers of Kenton County. It’s not our builders’
fault that they built streets based on NKAPC’s designs.
Why did NKAPC hire Strategic Advisors to help them craft their marketing message against the taxpayers? Can’t their leaders explain their own
“value” without an outside wordsmith? Who’s paying this outside ﬁrm? Why does Strategic Advisors list NKAPC as a client, but NKAPC’s attorney says Strategic Advisors does not work for NKAPC? What’s the truth?
Who are these wealthy puppet-masters behind this shadow group? Could you imagine our Founding Fathers signing the
Declaration of Independence as “Concerned Citizens and Elected Ofﬁcials?” How gutless! The taxpayers of Kenton County deserve courageous
and ﬁscally responsible leaders, not cowards. Kenton is the only county out of Kentucky’s 120 counties to have a taxing authority like NKAPC.
We’re tired of being over-taxed, over-regulated and watching bureaucrats destroy our children’s chance of experiencing the American Dream.
Please support “We the People” by visiting www.nkyteaparty.org/axthetax and sign the petition to end this taxing
nightmare in Kenton County. The petition must be submitted by August 9th. Please act now!
This column was written by Tom Wurtz, a resident and taxpayer of Kenton County. Paid for and endorsed by the following proud patriots at the
Northern Kentucky Tea Party who believe in limited government, ﬁscal responsibility and free markets.
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Kelly E. Back

Kelly E. Back, 47, of Dayton,
died July 20, 2011, at VA Medical
Center in Cincinnati.
He was a printer with API Printing
and an avid fisherman. He served in
the U.S. Army from 1982-1986.
His father, Clifford Back, and
mother, Lois Webb Back, died previously.
Survivors include his son, Kelly
Back Jr. of Dayton; sisters, Debbie
Pfeffer of Alexandria and Michaelle
Wilson of Dayton; and brothers, Clifford Back of Latonia Lakes and Jeffery Back of Dayton.
Burial was in Kentucky Veterans
Cemetery North, Williamstown.
Memorials: Kelly Back Memorial
Fund c/o Citizens Bank of NKY, 134
Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, KY 41073.

James David Conner

James David Conner, 66, of Crittenden, died July 22, 2011, at his
residence.
He was a retired maintenance
employee of International Permalite
in Florence, a truck driver for
Dependable Express in Hebron and
a member of Community Pentecostal Church in Taylor Mill.
Survivors include his wife, Willena
Miller Conner; son, James Rodney
Conner of Crittenden; daughter,
Deena Snedegar of Crittenden; half
brothers, Paul Conner of Latonia
and Thomas Conner of Covington;
half sisters, Charlene Farmer and
Sue Conner, both of Newport; stepmother, Joann Conner of Newport;
six grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.
Burial was in Hill Crest Cemetery,
Dry Ridge.
Memorials: St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital or Hospice of the
Bluegrass.

Fred ‘Jack’ Humphreys

Dr. Fred “Jack” Humphreys, 84,
of Cold Spring, died July 19, 2011,
at his home.
He was a biology professor at
Thomas More College for more than
40 years and worked in the Hamagami Clinical Lab in Kenwood,
Ohio, for 40 years. While in graduate school he helped develop frozen
orange juice and the formula for
what would become Preparation H.
He was a Boy Scout leader, a U.S.
Army World War II veteran and a
member of St. Joseph Church in
Cold Spring.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley
A. Trowbridge Humphreys; daughters, Connie Verst, Chris Sferra, Tina
Ranson, Teresa Hasson and Bridget
Dischar; sister, Shirley M. Schneider;

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10 grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren.
He donated his body to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Memorials: Biology Department
at Thomas More College, 333
Thomas More Parkway, Crestview
Hills, KY 41017 or Covington Latin
School, 21 E. 11th St., Covington,
KY 41011.

Donald R. Jackson

Donald R. Jackson, 75, of Union,
died July 23, 2011, at Villaspring of
Erlanger.
He was a retired machinist for
GE and a member of Covington
Lodge No. 109 and 32 degree
Scottish Rite.
His first wife, Bonnie Jackson,
died in 2001.
Survivors include his wife, Kay
Jackson; sons, Mike Jackson of
West Chester, Ohio, Rick Weber Jr.
of Hebron and Troy Weber of
Huntsville, Ala.; daughters, Connie
Lucius of Falmouth and Donna
Scharold of Alexandria; sisters,
Jessie Schamel of Batesville, Ind.,
and Bessie Gourd of Corning, Iowa;
15 grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
Burial was at Highland Cemetery,
Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: Syrian Burns Institute
or Scottish Rite Temple.

Her husband, David C. Lamb,
died in 1999.
Survivors include her sisters,
Donna L. Bankemper of Cincinnati
and Dianne M. Zenni of Fort
Thomas; and brother, Dan R. Burns
of Melbourne.
She donated her body to the
University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine.
Memorials: Blessed Sacrament
Church, 2409 Dixie Hwy., Fort
Mitchell, KY 41017.

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Dolores Jean Lauren

Dolores Jean Braukman Lauren,
81, of Villa Hills, formerly of Bellevue, died June 30, 2011.
She was a globe-trotting singer,
enjoying a career on stage and in
night clubs under the stage name
Dolores Dean. She was a soprano
with a three octave range and sang
opera, pop and jazz. She performed
for the Catholic Theater Guild of
Northern Kentucky and was an
opening act for Dennis Day and
other great entertainers throughout
the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Her daughter, Carin Boone, and
husband, Eddie Michaels, died previously.
Survivors include her grandson,
Jason Boone of Villa Hills; and
brothers, David Braukman of Villa
Hills and John Braukman of Palm
Harbor, Fla.
Memorials: Folk Ensemble at
Mother of God Church in Covington.

Timothy James Sexton

Timothy James Sexton, 48, of
Frankfort, formerly of Fort Thomas,
died July 17, 2011, in Frankfort.
He was a mortgage broker and
an avid marksman and reader.
His father, James A. Sexton Jr.,
died previously.
Survivors include his wife, Mary
Matrella Sexton; son, Ethan Matrella
of Covington; and mother, Ingeborg
Sexton of Fort Thomas.
Burial was in West Laurel Hills
Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pa.
Memorials: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 3 Chalfonte Place, Fort
Thomas, KY 41075 or American
Heart Association, 5211 Madison
Road, Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Barry James Skaggs, 64, of
Latonia, died July 15, 2011, at St.
Elizabeth Edgewood.
He was a truck driver with Red
Express Co. in Latonia, served in
the U.S. Army and was a lifetime
member of the Lawler-Hanlon VFW
Post No. 5662 in Newport. He was

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Reported at Washington Street, June 20.
Reported at Panorama Drive, July 1.

Theft by unlawful taking

Report of fire pit taken from driveway
at 113 Ridgeway Crossing, June 7.
Report of wallet taken from vehicle at
8007 Alexandria Pike, June 9.
Report of chain saw taken from bed of
truck at 16 Spilman Drive, June 11.
Report of briefcase taken from vehicle
at 6707 Alexandria Pike, June 20.
Report of four sets of wheels taken
off vehicles in car lot at 7500
Alexandria Pike, July 13.

Theft by unlawful taking bicycles

Report of bicycle taken from garage
at 33 Panorama Drive, June 16.

Theft by unlawful taking gasoline

Report of two containers of gasoline
taken from outside of residence
and trailer in driveway at 140
Orchard Lane, June 20.

Theft by unlawful taking or
purse snatching

Report of purse taken from shopping cart
at 6711 Alexandria Pike, June 16.
Report of wallet taken from person in
store at 6711 Alexandria Pike,
June 25.

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The Community Recorder
publishes the names of all
adults charged with offenses.
The information is a matter of
public record and does not
imply guilt or innocence.
Ryan Bianchi, 21, 5330 Taylor Mill
Road, theft of services, alcohol
intoxication in a public place at
526 North Miller Ave., July 16.
Laura Gross, 30, 1681 Montrose,
warrant at I-471 at I-275, July 14.
Anthony Carr, 37, 2335 Alexandria
Pike 81 C, warrant at 2335
Alexandria Pike, July 13.
Bryan Schneider, 20, 132 Carriage
Park Drive, fleeing or evading
police, alcohol intoxication in a
public place at 817 Grey Stable
Lane, July 10.
Aaron Pickett, 38, Alwester Court,
warrant at 3883 Canyon court,
July 10.
Reynoso Ramos Obdulio, 21, 127
12th St. No. 1, warrant at I-471 at
Alexandria Pike, July 9.

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SummerFair grants available
Summerfair Cincinnati,
the nonprofit arts organization, said applications are
available for the 2011 Aid
to Individual Artists (AIA)
Grant Program.
Selected visual artists will
each receive a grant of $3,000
for use in the creation of new
works. In addition to receiving
the grant monies, Summerfair
Cincinnati may sponsor a
future exhibition and catalogue to help promote the
grant recipients and their art.
To qualify for the grant,
artists must reside within a
40-mile radius of Cincinnati
and be at least 18 years of
age. Applications are available online at www.summerfair.org and must be
postmarked by Friday, Aug.
26 to be eligible.
To apply, eligible applicants need to submit both

CD-ROM and printed applications. Each application
should include artwork
images, resume of education
and professional achievements, full contact information, and answers to application questions. Complete
instructions for applying can
be found on the application
at www.summerfair.org
Grants will be awarded
based on the artistic excellence of the work submitted
for review. Judges, brought
in from outside Greater
Cincinnati, look for innovation in style and concept as
well as the relationship of
the works submitted to current standards in the field.
Additional information
about Summerfair Cincinnati can be obtained by visiting www.summerfair.org
or calling 513-531-0500.